Ever threaten to make something - and then a company beats you to it?
By Faye
@FayeHazel (40248)
United States
September 14, 2017 1:28pm CST
For a long time I had been threatening to make breaded chicken cutlets - however - instead of using the usual cracker or bread crumbs, to coat my chicken pieces with crumbs of "cheese" crackers. (There are many popular brands of these crackers, even off brands)
People usually rolled their eyes at me.
However, seeing as I do not like to work with raw meat, I didn't hurry to make my idea.
A company beat me to it! I forget the product name - or even the company - but imagine my surprise one day at the grocery store when I spy a bag of pre-made chicken nuggets with the advertising blurb on it reading "Made with real *cheez-it crackers!" *Cheez it is one of the more popular name brands of cheese crackers in this area.
I had to buy it.
Review: Pretty good! Though it isn't a food I would want all the time, these chicken pieces had high quality chicken meat in them and the right amount of breading. The cheese flavor was noticeable - but not overpowering.
Have you ever had an idea that you thought of, and then some years later - you discover a company made it, commercially?
Photo: Pixabay
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18 responses
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
14 Sep 17
Oh what a great idea for a change Faye.
I am addicted to Cheez Its so that is why I rarely buy them..haha I would eat the whole box.
I can´t think of anything I had dreamt up and saw a company do no.
But yes they beat you to it didn´t they aww..
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
15 Sep 17
Oh good to know I'm not alone, I too *love* cheez-it or better cheddar (the round ones) I also don't buy often because I will eat them up
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@Orson_Kart (6114)
• United Kingdom
14 Sep 17
I tried to make a car out of wood. Wooden seats, wooden doors, wooden wheels. Wooden go. 
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
15 Sep 17
Oh ... ha ha! Though seriously I did see an all wood (body) car at a car show, someone had built it ...
@1creekgirl (40523)
• United States
15 Sep 17
Those sound yummy. I long ago predicted personalized air temp controls...kind of a thin extra skin you wear that adapts automatically to your desired body temp. I think I was having lots of hot flashes at the time! As far as I know, it hasn't been invented yet.
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@1creekgirl (40523)
• United States
15 Sep 17
@FayeHazel That's the way my husband and I have always been. That's why I need that temp controlled suit!
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
15 Sep 17
@1creekgirl Lol! Oh dear. It is funny how that goes with people. Are you the hot one, or the cold one?
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
15 Sep 17
Oh you should get on that air control suit - it sounds good and Im sure a lot of couples would like it, where one is always hot and one is always cold as the case seems to be
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
15 Sep 17
Oh no! Lol! I hope you had a nice meal :-)
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
15 Sep 17
@YrNemo Ah good, all full now I hope
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
15 Sep 17
Oho.. your idea is stealed..
.. you should be fast enough to put your ideas into work.. still anymore ideas left....
.. you should be fast enough to put your ideas into work.. still anymore ideas left....2 people like this
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
15 Sep 17
Lol! You're right! I should be faster next time. No, I don't think I have any brilliant ideas, right now, anyway
@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
16 Sep 17
@FayeHazel , lol, go for flattered, you had a great idea, which is more than I can say about my mind lately. ;)
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
15 Sep 17
Lol! So true.... I didn't know to be upset or flattered lol
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
15 Sep 17
Lol. So true! Maybe next time I could make some $ , lol
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
14 Sep 17
Hmm. I wouldnt eat them.. you should've made them a thing!
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
14 Sep 17
No I have not. That sounds pretty clever though.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
14 Sep 17
No, but that sounds really good.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
15 Sep 17
They were good, though I didn't crave them often
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
14 Sep 17
It has never happened to me. Pretty cool though. I will give them a try if I see them around here.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
15 Sep 17
I enjoyed them, though got tired of them quickly. Let me know if you like them once you find them
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@xander6464 (40873)
• Wapello, Iowa
3 Oct 18
A long time ago, I started melting a little cheese on a soft taco shell and then wrapped it around it around a hard shell because it stops the hard shell from disintegrating when you bite into it and then Taco Bell started doing it a few years later.
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@xander6464 (40873)
• Wapello, Iowa
3 Oct 18
@FayeHazel I think all the Mexican food places do it now.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
3 Oct 18
Oh sure enough! I think Taco Johns has a similar thing too. That was a good idea :-)
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
4 Oct 18
@xander6464 You were doing it, before it was "cool"
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Sep 17
No, it hasn't happened to me. Next time you come up with a neat idea perhaps you should act on it immediately. 
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
15 Sep 17
Nothing wrong with that, either. :-)
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